Game Reviews7/10
Five Years On, Skatebird Still Rides the Wave That Made It a Cult Classic
A small bird takes up a skateboard to win back its absent human owner, in a world of pencil rails and bendy straw grinds.
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Tag: Indie Games
Game Reviews6.7/10
Bright Memory: Infinite Review — A One-Man Shooter That Hits Its Striking Pose
A single maker's bold shooter, blending swift strikes and fire amid a vast, strange city.
Game Reviews6.9/10
SCHiM Sends a Tiny Shadow Creature Through 65 Levels of Shade — and the Idea Runs Out
A shadow-bound creature hops through city streets in this clever indie platformer, a small idea that stretches across sixty-five grim levels.
Game Reviews7.7/10
After Us Review: Saving Ghosts One World at a Time
A spirit of life flies through ruined Earth to release extinct souls, in a quiet, beautiful puzzle adventure.
Last of Us Director Calls Modern AAA Games ‘Boring’ and God of War Laufey Gameplay ‘Not Exciting’
A director who shaped modern blockbusters now calls them boring, citing a dearth of novel ideas within their polished frames.
Game Reviews6.9/10
Space Dogfights That Fly, a Kickstarter Dream That Doesn’t
Strike Suit Zero revives arcade space combat with transforming mecha and mode-switching tactics. A good game, not a great one — it scores 6.9.
Game Reviews7/10
Metrico Review: Data as Terrain on the Vita
Metrico review: Digital Dreams turns infographics into puzzle-platformer terrain on PS Vita, with a Palmbomen score and a 2016 Metrico+ re-release.
Game Reviews6.6/10
Loot Rascals’ card-stealing idea deserves better than the roguelike around it
Loot Rascals review: Hollow Ponds' turn-based roguelike sends stolen cards into other players' games. A novel hook, but the strategy runs thin.
Game Reviews7.2/10
Solo Review: Love as Fuel in Team Gotham’s Quiet Archipelago
Solo, Team Gotham's 2018 puzzle exploration game about love as fuel, reviewed: a sailor, a vast archipelago, and a 7.2 score that fits.
Game Reviews7/10
A Superhero Who Destroys the City Just by Fighting in It
Megaton Rainfall review: an invulnerable superhero game where cities are destructible, Earth is full scale, and your bad aim is the real threat.
Game Reviews7/10
Supernatural strategy game Hard West swaps dice rolls for a deck of cards
Hard West review: CreativeForge's 2015 supernatural Western tactics game trades XCOM's random hit chances for a luck system and poker-card progression.
Game Reviews6.1/10
Lifeless Planet’s space mystery works best when it stops explaining itself
Lifeless Planet review: a one-way astronaut, a Soviet ghost colony and a glowing guide make a great hook, but the 2014 puzzle adventure walks it thin. 6.1/10.